Formation 1.1.3 Release Notes
Radical Breeze
modified 04/21/2005

What is it 
An elegant and unified idea and personal information organizer. Keep a journal, jot down ideas, make a grocery list, track your DVD collection, manage passwords, design entire creative projects! By harmoniously combining lists, notes, contacts, calendar, mediabrowser, scrapbook, smartlinks, and more, Formation brings together a wealth of powerful organizing tools, an innovative interface and total flexibility into a single elegant, comprehensive package! 

System requirements
A powermac G3 and Mac OS X 10.2 or higher

Installation
- To Install Formation simply drag the Formation application into your applications folder.
- To upgrade Formation simply overwrite the old application with the new one.

What's new
Formation 1.1.3  --  Released 05/26/05 (current release)
• Now recognizes https links as valid urls.
• Updated sample Formation Database.
• Fixed a registration related problem.
Formation 1.1.2  --  Released 04/21/05
• Radical Breeze has taken over development and support of Formation.  Changed registration and support information to reflect this.
Formation 1.1.1  --  Released 10/28/04
• Fixed a problem with the pop-up calendar that caused international users problems with setting the date
Formation 1.1  --  Released 10/27/04
• Added Document password protection and encryption for data stored in password columns ***
• Added Open Recent menu
• Added Auto-Save preference
• Added Save on Close preference
• Added "Open Default Document" menu item to the Formation Application Dock Menu
• Added a progress dialog for opening and saving documents
• You can now copy/cut and paste between topics with the same column structure
• You can now set the Font and Font size for the Topic list and the Item List
• Now any column type will sort properly by date, not just the date column type
• You can now Option click the column header and it will attempt to add all of the numbers within that column and temporarily display the results in the column header
• You can now Add and Delete contacts via the Items menu and the Add button on the main toolbar
• When choosing default under the View>Views menu the window will now reposition to the upper left of the first monitor
• Fixed a bug that caused the topics list not to scroll when using the arrow keys to navigate past the visible list
• Fixed a bug with the sample file's dictionary not printing properly
• Fixed a preference window bug that would revert the preferences if the Preference window became inactive
• Fixed other minor bugs throughout the program
*** The new password protection and encryption features have been rigorously tested with OSX running in the English language and lightly tested with some other languages. We recommend that all international users (Other than English) use these new features with caution and report any problems immediately.

History
Formation 1.0.4  --  Released 07/12/04
• Fixed a bug that caused the month to redraw improperly in the popup calendar in some languages
• Set the default note font size back to 11pt
• Fixed a small problem with the Linked to File and Folder function
• When printing the items list the printed font now matches the Items list font
• Fixed a print bug that sometimes caused the items to print 1 per page
• Printed Item text now truncates properly (long lines of text should not overlap anymore)
• The date columns now sort properly  *See note below
• Fixed a bug with the Items list scroll-bar that caused it not to appear while adding new items
• The edit button now enables and disables properly in the contacts module
• When in trash mode the "Trash Item" menu item is now "Un-Trash Item" and functions accordingly
* It is recommended that you change the OSX date format via the System Preferences > International to show the century in the short date so the dates will sort properly in Formation.  i.e. 3/24/2004 instead of the default 3/24/04

Formation 1.0.3  --  Released 06/17/04
• Scroll Wheel support was redone and now scrolls the control under the cursor as expected
• Revised the popup menu navigation: When tabbing across cells you can use the arrow keys to select a popup menu item
• Better support for the Enter/Return key throughout the application
  - Pressing Return while a Topic or Inspector item is selected enters text edit mode (Similar to how the Finder works)
  - Adding popup menu items in the Inspector can be done continuously by hitting return.  Enter confirms, Return confirms and creates a new item
• Added "Company" and "All" as search options in the Contacts module
• Added a primary eMail column as an option for the Contacts list view  note: You must create a new contacts module under Topics > Organizer > Contacts in order to access this option
• Added a short cut to toggle a Topics trash view.  Topics > View Trash  (command + R)
• Added a "Reveal in Finder" contextual menu to the Media Browser
• Made the Media Browser's columns resizable
• Changed menu item: Drop iToolbar/Center iToolbar to Hide iToolbar/Show iToolbar
• You can now double click the Topic or iToolbar resize handle to collapse/expand
• Changed the default file preference from "None" to "Last Opened"
• Added/Changed some key commands
  - File > Import is now command + I
  - Formation > Preferences is now command + ,
  - Format > Size > Bigger is was changed from command + . to command + >
  - Format > Size > Smaller is was changed from command + , to command + <
  - Page Setup... is now command + shift + P
  - Escape key now dismisses the contacts edit/create window
• Search now loops after last found item
• Searching notes now fully selects the found word as oppose to the thin selection outline
• Added a new preference to set the default font for the Items, Media Browser, and Contacts lists
• You can now play .m4p files in the Media Browser
• Fixed a bug that some international users experienced while registering Formation
• Fixed a bug when saving an empty document
• Fixed a bug that caused problems when adding new items while in a Topics Trash View
• Fixed a bug that caused problems when moving Items up or down while in a Topics Trash View
• Fixed a bug that caused some key commands to stop working when opening multiple documents

Formation 1.0.2  --  non public release 06/08/04
• Fixed a problem some international users experienced with registering

Formation 1.0.1  --  Released 06/06/04
• Fixed a crash some users experienced while creating or opening a file
notes: this bug was caused by an unknown abnormality with certain users "OS X user image" (i.e. Eight Ball, Dragon fly, etc...) It's recommended that these users change/reselect their user image or choose an external personal image from within Formation's preferences in order for Formation to properly display their personal image.

Formation 1.0  --  Released 06/01/04 - Initial Release

Contacts
Website: http://www.radicalbreeze.com
Support: support@radicalbreeze.com

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